The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists Edward Hopp

The actual sentence-
The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists, Edward Hopper, have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.

"Who" here incorrectly modifies the general public. We need object pronoun "whom".

A) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.
"Who" here incorrectly modifies the general public.
B) not only by art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated.
Not only.. but also... construction seeks for the parallelism. by art aficionados || the general public.
C) by art aficionados and, significantly, not by the general public, always appreciating them.
What does " always appreciating them" modify?
There should be no comma if it had to modify the noun " the general public"
D) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not by the general public by whom they have always been appreciated.
By X ,although not by Y - This is a correct construction.
But, the adverb "significantly" is wrongly placed in-between.
E) by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated.
Not only.. but also... construction seeks for the parallelism.
art aficionados || the general public

Thus, E

The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists, Edward Hopper, have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.


A) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by. --> "who he has" = "the general public he has" = two subjects incorrect; Although is subordinate conjuction, it should be followed by dependent clause, here "although not the general public" not a clause

B) not only by art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. --> not only by.... but also "by" missing; not parallel

C) by art aficionados and, significantly, not by the general public, always appreciating them. --> meaning error, Works have been subjected to much critical discussion by both art aficionados and general public; but here it says not by general public

D) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not by the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. --> again meaning error; Although is subordinate conjuction, it should be followed by dependent clause

E) by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. --> correct; by not only aficionados ... but also the general public; by is placed out of the "not only...but also.." construction so used once

The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists, Edward Hopper, have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.


A) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by. -- 'by whom' should be used and not 'who'

B) not only by art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -- 'by' is missing after 'but also'. Correct parallelism is 'not only by ... but also by'

C) by art aficionados and, significantly, not by the general public, always appreciating them. -- structure of the sentence is incorrect'

D) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not by the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -- the original meaning of the sentence is changed'

E) by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -- Correct usage of the idiom 'not only ... but also'. Correct usage of 'by whom'

Answer should be Option E.

Here, the answer should be D because of the parallelism marker BY X....NOT BY Y, 'have' because 'works' is plural, and 'whom' used as object pronoun. The answer choice E is wrong because it changes the meaning of the sentence.
The explaination mentioned above is according to MGMAT SC BOOK.

Thank you.

The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists, Edward Hopper, have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.

A) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by. -> "who he" is incorrect.

B) not only by art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -> "by art aficionados" and "the general public" are not parallel. Incorrect.

C) by art aficionados and, significantly, not by the general public, always appreciating them. -> and needs parallelism, which is missing. Incorrect.

D) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not by the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -> There is no error. something is critically discussed by people (art aficionados), not by general public...Let's keep it

E) by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. -> Meaning changed. Incorrect.

So, I think D.

by X, although not by Y

Is that a correct construction? Should i"although" not be followed by clause?

Does it take clause from previous clause?
The works have been subjected to much critical discussion by X, although (The works have been subjected to much critical discussion) not by Y.

Is it just removing repeatation?

Another question:

Original sentence meaning: The works have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although not by general public, by whom they have always been appreciated. --> critical discussion by art aficionados, although not by general public (Also option D states same meaning)

Option E meaning: The works have been subjected to much critical discussion by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated --> critical discussion by art aficionados and also by general public. Even general public appreciate the works, they still do critical discussion

If both meanings make sense and both options are grammatically correct, then which option should be selected?


Can someone please help me out. Thanks!
generis egmat GMATNinja

There is no such rule that Although must be followed by a clause.
I am just quoting RonPurewal -

* If Although xxxxx comes BEFORE the main sentence, the "xxxxx" can be ...
... an adjective (Although exhausted, Rob continued to work);
... a modifier describing the following subject (Although in considerable debt already, Tom spent two thousand dollars on a new designer suit);
... an entire sentence.

* If although xxxxx comes AFTER the main sentence, the "xxxxx" must be another sentence in its own right.



There is difference in the meaning.

By X, although NOT by Y = X yes & Y No
By not only X, but also Y = X yes & Y yes.

But in this case, although xxxxx comes after the main sentence but still it is not followed by a sentence.

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Yes, there is a difference. But both meanings make sense. So which option is correct then.

Thanks!

-If you don't see any grammatical error in both the choices , look for the choice that keeps the meaning of the original choice (choice A if the meaning comes from underlined part) intact .
In this problem,the choice A has grammatical error.
Choice D reflects the meaning that choice A has, but choice E has meaning different from choice A.
Thus, if you see no grammatical error in D, D has to be preferred.

-If you see any grammatical error in any choice, reject it without worrying about its meaning . Grammar wins over the meaning!

1) Non underlined sentence structure is in passive construction, so doer of the action is to be followed by 'By'
2) The original statement presents a contrast that the works have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, not be general public, So correlative conjunction 'not only...but also...' is not a right fit. Ideal construction should consist phrase 'instead of' or 'rather than', but none of the options uses it. so let us stick with 'not' to present contrast.

Ideal split
A: Incorrect subject case pronoun 'who'
B: Correlative conjunction "not only...but also..." is not correct
C: Modifier ", always appreciating them' now modifies entire clause but does not associate with 'general public' as per original sentence (meaning)
D: Correct
E: Correlative conjunction "not only...but also..." is not correct

I got explaination regarding "although" misconception from this article. Thanks to ChiranjeevSingh

Go through this article, if somebody has the same confusion

https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-although ... 24195.html

The works of one of America’s finest 20th century artists, Edward Hopper, have been subjected to much critical discussion by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by.

I visualised it as a meaning problem, the meaning intended by author is that only art aficionados criticized his work and not the general public. Once, the meaning was clear - all the "not only, but also" ACs are eliminated, leaving us with only A, C and D.

A) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not the general public who he has always been appreciated by. - who is wrong, should be whom

B) not only by art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. - eliminated in first glance

C) by art aficionados and, significantly, not by the general public, always appreciating them. - modifier error

D) by art aficionados, although, significantly, not by the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. - no glaring errors

E) by not only art aficionados but also, significantly, the general public by whom they have always been appreciated. - eliminated in first glance

Please discuss!

I think we a need a better explanation on why E is incorrect and how the meaning changes

E tells us the opposite of the intended meaning of the stem. The stem says that the attention came from the aficionados but not by the public which has always admired his work. E says it also came from the public. It’s wrong.

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